Looking to discover how to do this...

JDunay

Hey peps,

I have been working with making different types of tubes and pipes, and been having some pretty great results. Actually the results are probably just normal but for me, it's amazing.

But I'm sorta wondering how I might do something like this??

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103229&page=2

I dont know how to wrap a texture around a cylinder in zbrush, is this possible or is he using a different method?? Anyways, and suggestions would be really great, even if you could just point me in the direction I need to investigate.

Thanks,
-Point

throttlekitty

He pretty much shows it in pictures, and is using Maya, works like this:
1) Created tiling weave pattern geometry.
2) Added a duplicate to the top, joined and welded.
3) Rotated 45 degrees, duplicated to make a long flat strip. (then join/weld)
4) Bend modifier to push the strip into a cylinder shape.

I'm not sure how one would do this in Zbrush, alpha+tiling mode?

cryrid

Noise maker has a weave setting. You could just as easily load in a custom alpha and have it set to use uvs. Or you could model it externally exactly as you see and turn it into an insert brush.

latorril

So something like this...?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWHL4YV8U88&feature=related"]maya holes in cylinder tut wNarration - YouTube[/ame]

I want to know how he made that entire gun!